High end laptop - budget 2K

tio on 07/07/2011 - 20:59

Hi,

Can anyone point me to a high end laptop within about 2K budget? I'm looking for a laptop with the following preference:

CPU: i7-2630QM minimum
Graphic: GTX 580M preferred
Screen: 17" minimum
Style: Macbook Pro/ Dell XPS 15Z like (or at least not lethally fugly)

As reference, I would get the following laptop, if only it were 600bux cheaper :)

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somnya on 07/07/2011 - 22:10

+1

customise a Dell XPS 17 laptop

by refering to your specs

PROCESSOR 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit (English)
WARRANTY & SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
HD DISPLAY 3D 17.3" (43.94cm) FHD WLED TL (1920x1080) with 3D glasses
MEMORY 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM(2x4GB)
HARD DRIVE 1.5TB 7200RPM Hard Drive(750GB X2)
OPTICAL DRIVE Tray load 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write capability
VIDEO CARD 3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M with 3D enabled
WIRELESS NETWORK CARD Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 with Bluetooth v3.0+HS

and applying EPP 15% code: 2J?$ZDR7S7CM0B

dropped the price to $1,776.06

*however it doesn't have gtx580m as a customisation option.

http://www.dell.com/au/p/xps-l702x/fs
ozb-442 on 08/07/2011 - 20:04

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Asus-G74sx-i7-2630qm-17-3-8GB-1TB…

Maybe something like this? You could probably find it cheaper, I was just using eBay to compare.

It's got a 2nd Gen i7 2630QM and a nVidia GTX 560

TBH, I wouldn't spend much more than that on a laptop, and i'm not a big fan of dells either.